TABLE 2—

State-Level Characteristics: Influence of Community Social Norms on Spousal Violence, Nigeria, 2008

Characteristic	Mean	Median	Minimum	Maximum	SD
Prevalence of physical or sexual violence, %	21	16	3	50	13
State-level continuous attitudes scorea	1.09	1.07	0.20	2.02	0.51
Proportion of population endorsing spousal violence in ≥ 1 setting,a %	39	39	9	75	16
Human Development Index (×100)	47	47	28	72	10
Sharia law	0.32	0.00	0.00	1.00	0.47

Note. The sample size was n = 37.

^aPercentage of men and women who reported that it is justified for a husband to beat his wife in at least 1 of the 5 scenarios provided.